> We’re animals and have more in common with other species than we have uniqueness. Our bodies are definitely mammalian, and therefore most of our instinctive

> We’re animals and have more in common with other species than we have uniqueness. Our bodies are definitely mammalian, and therefore most of our instinctive behaviors, but it's the differences that make us unique. We have the capacity for abstract conception with its reasoning and communication and advanced tool building. More than that, however, we have a moral compass and mind to learn and understand the difference between compassion and selfishness, good and evil -- and then we have the free will to choose between those potentials. Animals only have instinctive self-protection. Only we have the responsibility to be caretakers of each other and the Earth, herself, and all its wonderful creatures.